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Unborn British Child Threatened With Anti-Social Behavior Order

Posted by samzenpus on from the stop-kicking-in-there dept.

Since he hadn't been born yet, 33-year-old Charlotte Childs was shocked to get a letter from the police threatening to give her son an ASBO and inviting her to discuss how unruly he was. From the article: "Charlotte, who is 36 weeks' pregnant, said: 'The letter said there had been an incident of anti-social behavior and our child was identified. I would love to know how a 36-week-old fetus has managed to go to the park and cause trouble without me noticing.'"

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  1. Re:Wow... by sgcarter · · Score: 2

    If the police are this bad at tracking the right people down, what difference does it make?

  2. Bureaucratic fuck-up by RockDoctor · · Score: 2
    The original version of this story - which I saw and dismissed from consideration a couple of days ago, even if my memory betrayed me - it was pointed out that the ASBO was actually issued to a child of similar family name and the same given name planned for the foetus. So it's a simple "bureaucrat spells name wrong" story.

    Is there anything interesting on the telly tonight?

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